Part 2

_Take of the_ Flower of Sal Armoniac _half a Scruple, of_ Cerusse of Antimony _one Scruple, of_ Bole Armenick _one Scruple_: Mingle them.

Give any of these in a Spoonful or two of any Liquor, or in a Spoonful of _Sack_, with as much Pestilential _Vinegar_; half an hour after, drink a draught of Posset-Drink with _Medesweet_, or _Woodsorrel_ boyl'd in it.

_Take of the_ Pouder of Ivy Berries _one Dram; give it in a draught of warm_ White-Wine, _with a Spoonful of Pestilential_ Vinegar.

_Take_ Pouder of the Roots of Carline Thistle; _Give it in the same manner_.

_Likewise_ Pouder of Butter Burr Root, _given in the same manner, provoketh Sweat powerfully, and expelleth the Poyson of the Plague_.

_Take of_ Zedoary Root _that is gummy and sound, one Ounce_, Sugar Candy _one Ounce and an half_, Camphire _half an Ounce; mix all in a fine Pouder:_ The Dose is one Dram in some distill'd Water.

If the Patient can best take his Medicine in a =Bolus=.

_Take of_ Venice Treacle _one Dram_, Tormentile Roots, Bole prepar'd, _of each one Scruple_, Syrup of Gilloflowers _as much as sufficeth_.

_Take_ Diascordium, Confectio Liberans, _of each half a Dram, or two Scruples_, Salt of Wormwood _one Scruple_, Conserve of Roses _vitriolated half a Dram_, Syrup of Gilloflowers _as much as is sufficient_.

_Take of_ Conserve of Roses _half a Dram_, Balsam of Sulphur, _fifteen Drops; mix them_. Take Posset Drink half an hour, or an hour after any of these.

When many People are sick, and there is not leisure to compound every Dose of these Medicines severally, there should be a large mixture of each kind made up together, which may immediately, and without trouble be distributed into Doses.

_For Sweating Potions thus._

_Take a Quart of_ Small Plague _Water, of_ Compound _Water of_ Scordium _and Pestilential_ Vinegar, _of each a Quarter of a Pint, of_ Syrup of Gilloflowers _two Ounces_, Venice Treacle _one Ounce, of_ Diascordium _and_ Confectio Liberans, _of each half an Ounce_, Pestilential Extract, Salt of Wormwood, _of each two Drams; put all together in a large Glass, shake them well together, and after it has stood Four and Twenty Hours, make use of it: Pour out three Ounces of the clear, and two Ounces of it turbid or shaken just before:_ This may serve for fourteen or sixteen days.

_Mix a_ =Pouder= _thus_.

_Take of the_ Pouder of Confectio Liberans, _one Ounce_, Roots of Contrayerva, Virginian-Snakeweed, Tormentile, Bole prepar'd, _of each two Drams, of the_ Claws of Crabs _pouder'd, half an Ounce, mix all very well_. The Dose is from one Dram to one Dram and a half, or two Drams.

_Or take of the Pouders of Prepar'd_ Toad _one Ounce, and of_ Confectio Liberans _half an Ounce, mix them_. The Dose is from one Dram to one Dram and a half.

For an _Electuary_ to be distributed into several Doses, that of =Hermannus Vander Heyden= is a very good one, and as he asserts, approved by frequent Experience.

_Take of_ Diascordium _one Ounce and a half, of_ Venice Treacle _two Drams, of_ Confectio Hyacinthi _one Dram_, Pouder of Nutmegs, Rue _Seeds_, Root of Angelica, Enulacampane, _of each one Dram and a half_, Wine Vinegar (_or rather_ Pestilential Vinegar) _one Ounce_, Oyl of Sulphur _fifteen drops_, Syrup of Juice of Citron _as much as sufficeth: make up all together_. The Dose is from one Dram and a half to two Drams.

_Or take of_ Conserve of Wood Sorrel, _half a Pound, of_ Mithridate _four Ounces_. The Dose is two Drams.

In time of Sweating, give the Patient Posset Drink made with Pestilential _Vinegar_; boyl in the Milk _Scordium_ or _Marigold_ Flowers; if he is very dry, boyl _Medesweet_, or _Wood Sorrel_; if he is ill at Stomach, and apt to vomit or faint, give _Claret_ Wine burnt with _Cinnamon_ and _Zedoary_ Root, and _Mint_ Water mix'd with it: Or else give him _Beer_ boyl'd with a Crust of _Bread_ and _Mace_, and sweetn'd with _Sugar_. Besides, to the richer sort give now and then a draught of a _Cordial Julep_, and sometimes a Dose of a _Cordial Electuary_; which kind of Medicines should be given likewise after Sweating is over, once in three or four hours, of one or other, to refresh the Spirits, and to keep the Malignity from the Heart. Give him no cold _Beer_ in two or three days. After Sweating wash the Mouth with _White-wine Vinegar_ and _Rose Water_: Also dip a Spunge in the same warm, and gently stroke the Temples of the Head, and Nostrils with the same. Between whiles give of the Medicines following.

_Take_ Woodsorrel Water, _and_ Dragon-Water, _of each Four Ounces_; Scordium Water, _two Ounces_; Treacle Water (_or_ Plague Water) _one Ounce and a half;_ Syrup of Gilloflowers (_or of_ Juice of Citrons) _two Ounces_; Pearle finely pouder'd _one Scruple_; Spirit of Vitriol _twelve Drops: Mix them_.

_Or make a_ =Decoction= _thus._

_Take of_ Harts-Horn rasp'd, _and_ Ivory, _of each three Drams; a_ Pear main _sliced_, Woodsorrel _half an handful: Boyl these in three Pints of Water, till a third part is wasted; Strain it on two Ounces of_ Conserve _of_ Gilloflowers, _or_ Woodsorrel, _or_ Red Roses: _Let it infuse an hour: then stir it, and strain it out: Give a Quarter of a Pint warm_.

Whereas we give _Emulsions_ made with such a Decoction and _Almonds_, and cold Seeds in Fevers, =Diemerbroek= affirms, upon his frequent Observation, _Emulsions_ never do well in the Plague.

_Take of the_ Conserve of Woodsorrel _four ounces, of the_ Rob of Goosberries _or_ Rasberries _two Ounces_, Species Diarrhodon Abbatis _two Drams_, Confectionis Liberantis _one Dram and a half, of_ Prepar'd Pearl _half a Dram_, Red Coral prepar'd _one Dram, with a sufficient quantity of_ Syrup of Juice of Citron: Let it be made an Opiate: The Dose is one or two Drams often in a day.

Sometimes the Plague is accompanied with dangerous Symptoms, to which if Remedies are not suddenly applied, all we do besides is to little purpose. Such Accidents, which call for respective ways of Cure, are chiefly _Fluxes of Blood_, and _Loosness of the Belly_, and _Vomiting_.

The first use to happen several ways, _viz._ at the Nose and Mouth, by Stool or Urine, by the _Hæmorrhoids_, and in Women by Menstrual Purgations: Some of which, as by Urine always, and ofttimes by Stool, are mortal; none of them ever tend to good. Therefore in all such cases, Remedies must be administred which may stop Bleeding: And though Sweating and Refection of the Spirits be still the principal intention of Cure; yet the other must come in as collateral with both of them; and Medicines that restrain Fluxes of Blood be mixed both with Sudorificks and other Cordials, and also be administred with Diet too.

In all _Hæmorrhages_ Sudorificks must be compounded of Medicines that are temperate, and not astringent.

For =Potions= they be made thus.

_Take_ Pimpernel Water, _or_ Tormentil Water _two Ounces, of_ Scordium Water _six Drams, of_ Vinegar _that has_ Tormentil Roots infus'd _in it, two Drams_, Confection of Hyacinth _one Dram, of_ prepar'd Bole _half a Dram_, Extract of Tormentil _one Scruple, of_ Syrup of Coral _three Drams_.

_Or make_ Posset Drink _with_ Tormentil Vinegar, _boyl in it a_ Root of Tormentil _and_ Bistort; _in one draught of it dissolve of_ Venice Treacle _two Scruples_, Confection of Hyacinth, prepar'd Bole, _of each one Scruple_.

Make this _Apozeme_, and give two or three Ounces three or four times in a day.

_Take of_ Tormentil Roots _half an Ounce_, Bistort _three Drams_, Red Sanders _one Dram, of_ Pomegranate Peel _one Dram_, St. Johns Wort, Plantane _and_ Burnet, _of each half a handful;_ Flowers of Roses, _and_ Pomegranates, _of each one Dram and a half; of_ Plantane Seeds _one Dram: Boyl these in three Pints of Water till a Pint is wasted; strain it, and add to it of_ Syrup of Coral _two Ounces_, Confection of Hyacinth _two Drams_: Mingle them.

=Pouders= may be compounded thus.

_Take of_ Confectio Liberans, _or_ Confection of Hyacinth _half a Dram_; Tormentil Roots, Fine Bole, _of each one Scruple_; Pearl _and_ Coral prepar'd, _of each half a Scruple:_ Give it in a Spoonful of _Syrup_ of _Coral_, with a Spoonful of _Tormentil Vinegar_.

Make a =Bolus= thus.

_Take_ Confection of Hyacinth and Venice Treacle, _of each half a Dram;_ Tormentil Roots _and_ prepar'd Bole, _of each one Scruple; of_ Extract of Tormentil _half a Scruple, of_ prepar'd Pearl _six Grains, of_ Syrup of Coral _as much as is sufficient_.

For =Juleps= and =Confections=, to give in, and betwixt _Sweating_, they be compounded thus.

_Take of_ Medesweet _Water eight Ounces_, small Plague _Water_, Scordium Compound _Water, of each three Ounces; of_ Syrup of Coral _two Ounces_, Confection of Hyacinth _two Drams, of_ Tormentil Vinegar _half an Ounce_; Mix them: Give four or five Spoonfuls every third hour.

_Or take of_ Conserve of Red Roses _four Ounces, of_ prepar'd Coral _two Drams, of_ prepar'd Pearl _half a Dram_, Confection of Hyacinth and Alkermes, _of each one Dram, of_ Tormentil Vinegar _half an Ounce; or as much as is sufficient:_ Make it up into an Electuary: Give once in three or four hours as much as a Nutmeg.

These kinds of Remedies, which are proper in _Hæmorrhages_, are also to be used in _Fluxes_ of the Belly; likewise by Women with Child, because other more hot Medicines may provoke an Abortion.

Make =Tormentil Vinegar= thus.

_Take_ Roots of Tormentil, Bistort _dried and sliced, of each an Ounce_, Cinnamon _half an Ounce_, Red Sanders _one Dram: Bruise all very well, and put to it a Quart of_ White-Wine Vinegar; _digest it in a common Furnace for four days: At the same time take_ Red and White Coral finely pouder'd, _of each half an Ounce;_ Dragons Blood, Blood-Stone, _of each one Dram_; Fine Bole, _two Drams: Digest these in the same manner with a_ Quart of Vinegar: Then strain out both the Liquors, and mix them.

Let =Extract= of =Tormentil= Roots be made thus.

_Take_ Tormentil _and_ Bistort-Roots, _of each one Ounce_; of Cinnamon _half an Ounce_, of Red Sanders _two Drams_, Salt of Wormwood _half an Ounce; bruise all together, adding of_ Tormentil Vinegar _two Ounces; put it in a Vessel to digest with three Pints of_ Medesweet Water: _Strain it, and evaporate it with a gentle heat in_ Balneo Mariæ _to the Consistency of Honey_.

In the Cure of the Plague, if a course of Sweating, timely administred, do plentifully succeed, and withal other private Excretions be either prevented or presently supprest, the Patient may be judg'd to be in a hopeful condition; and sometimes the Venom is quite expell'd, without any other accident: But for the most part, because the Poyson, by fermenting the Blood and Humours, is soon greatly encreas'd; so that all of it, especially the grosser Particles, cannot easily evaporate, it settles in the outward Parts, and there causeth the swelling and breaking out of divers kinds: Those that require any application of Remedies, are =Boils= and =Carbuncles=.

The first of these commonly happen in Parts that are very Glandulous; as behind the Ears, under the Armpits, and in the Groin: They arise with a hard Swelling, which ought to suppurate and break, and the Corruption to be drawn all out, by the running of the Sore for some time: These Tumors call'd =Bubo's=, should be ordered thus.

If a Blister is not rais'd on, or near the place already, 'tis good to apply a _Vesicatory_ Plaister just below it, but on the Tumor it self to apply some drawing Medicine, to attract the Venom outward; as at first, the Fundament of some living Fowl, or else a _Colewort-Leaf_ dipt in scalding Water, and dried again, and smear'd over with _Oyl of Lillies_ or _Scorpions_. To ripen the Sore, lay on Pultises or Plaisters; or rather first Pultises, and then Plaisters, when it tends to suppuration; which should be renew'd every twelve hours at least.

For =Pultises=.

_Take an_ Onion _and_ White Lilly Roots, _boyl them, or else wrap them in a wet Paper, and roast them in the Embers, afterward stamp both together, adding a little_ Treacle, _and_ Oyl of Lillies _as much as is sufficient: Or else roast a_ Fig _with either or both these above-nam'd, and make a Pultis in the same manner: Or else with either, or all above-named Remedies, add an handful of_ Scabious _or_ Sorrel _wash'd; and after beat all into a Pultis_.

_Take_ Pimpernel roasted on the Embers, _mollifie it with_ Oyl of Scorpions, _adding a little_ Pouder of Myrrh _and_ Venice Treacle, _and lay it to the Sore_.

_Some do commend_ live Frogs _to be applyed, and renew'd as oft as they die_.

_For a Plaister to break the Sore when it is open'd_, Diachylon _with_ Gums; _or else those two Emplaisters_, viz. Emplastrum Paracelsi, _and_ de Fuligine, _mention'd by_ =Diemerbroek=, _pag._ 213. =Paracelsus= his Plaister is there thus order'd to be made.

_Take of_ Gum Oppopanax _two Ounces_, Seraphin _or_ Sagapen _four Ounces_, Bdellium _three Ounces_, Galbanum _one Ounce_, Olibanum _two Drams; let them be dissolved in_ Vinegar, _and strain'd, and adding the_ Pouder of a dried Toad and Frog, _of_ Natural Brimstone _one Ounce, of_ Camphire _one Dram_: Let it be made a Plaister to be put upon the Tumor, and renewed every six hours.

=Emplastrum de Fuligine=, or =Plaister of Soot=, is thus made.

_Take of_ Chimney Soot _ten Drams_, Leaven, Turpentine, Butter, _of each one Ounce_, Venice Sope _one Ounce and a half, of_ Honey of Roses _six Drams_, Common Salt _half an Ounce, the_ Whites of two Eggs, Treacle _and_ Mithridate, _of each two Drams_: Let them be mixed. _For the Poorer sort_, Shoemakers Wax _is as good as any_.

If when the Tumor is ripen'd, it do not soon break of it self, it is best to open it by Incision; and when it is broken, put in a Pledget dipp'd in _Turpentine_ mix'd with the _Yolk of an Egg_; or dress it with _Basilicon_ alone, or the Liniment of _Arceus_.

A =Carbuncle=, which is the other kind of Plague-Sore, which requires the operation of the hand, happens but seldom in any of the Emunctories [and when it does it portends ill] but useth to be in most places else; It ariseth with angry _Pustules_, sometimes one, sometimes many; which soon grow discolour'd, and tend to Mortification, and the substance mortified must be cast out, and then the hollow Ulcer which remains must be healed.

When a _Carbuncle_ first appears, =Diemerbroek= commends to be applied to it for the first and second day, a _Red Colewort Leaf_, smear'd over with _Rape Oyl_: The same Author mentions a _Pultis_ which he us'd for the most part, renewing it three or four times in four and twenty hours, till the Core was taken out; and then Digestive Medicines, and others succeedingly are to be us'd, as in other _Ulcers_.

_Take_ Scabious _and_ Devils Bit, _of each two or three handfuls, stamp them, and then beat them with the_ Yolks of two Eggs, _and a little_ Salt; _lay it to the_ Carbuncle _warm, renewing it three times in a day at least_.

FINIS.

Transcribers Notes

Original variations in hyphenation have been retained. Original spellings were also retained except in the cases of these apparent typographical errors:

Page 2, “takeing” changed to “taking.” (How to preserve the Whole from taking Infection)

Page 14, “Balsum” changed to “Balsam.” (five or six Drops of Balsam of Sulphur)

Page 31, “Medicins” changed to “Medicines.” (there is variety of such Medicines)